Winchester

Win·ches·ter 1

A city of south-central England southwest of London. The capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, it was an important center of learning that attracted many religious scholars.

Win·ches·ter 2

(wĭn′chĕs′tər, -chĭ-stər)

A trademark for a shoulder firearm.

Winchester

(ˈwɪntʃɪstə)

n

(Placename) a city in S England, administrative centre of Hampshire: a Romano-British town; Saxon capital of Wessex; 11th-century cathedral; site of Winchester College (1382), English public school. Pop: 41 420 (2001)

winchester

(ˈwɪntʃɪstə)

n

(Chemistry) (sometimes capital) a large cylindrical bottle with a narrow neck used for transporting chemicals. It contains about 2.5 litres

[after Winchester, Hampshire]

Win•ches•ter

(ˈwɪnˌtʃɛs tər, -tʃə stər)

n.

1. a city in Hampshire, in S England: cathedral; capital of the early Wessex kingdom and of medieval England. 100,500.

currently supplies products and services in the field of computer workstations and data peripherals including Sun workstations, Winchester disks, high end RAID solutions, tape subsystems, optical subsystems, memory upgrades and others.

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